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Touraine Mesland

Sub-zone

Touraine Mesland is a named sub-zone of Touraine in France, covering 1,440.5 ha across 4 communes. That is 3.7% of the Touraine appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 15 km south-west of Blois and 38 km east of Tours.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Touraine
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
1,440.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
7.25 × 15.48 km
Centre
47.5077° N, 1.1834° E

Where it is

Nearest town
15 km south-west of Blois
Nearest city
38 km east of Tours 141,621 people
To the sea
224 km
Rivers nearby
Loire (2.5 km)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
60–110 m
Mean elevation
95 m
Mean slope
2.2° (4 %)
Steepest tenth
above 4°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 23,784 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 4

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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